Appendix C
Installing a Stand-alone IDE
The REDHAWK IDE leverages Java technologies and
requires Java 8. The IDE also includes native libraries that allow the IDE to have a look and
feel appropriate for the OS. A minimum of 2 GB of RAM is required, but 4 GB+ is
recommended.
The following procedure explains how to install a stand-alone IDE.
- Ensure your system has the appropriate dependencies installed.
- Locate the appropriate archive from the REDHAWK release page on github (https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/<version>). (Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE. For example, https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/2.0.3)).
- Run the following command:
Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE and <arch> is either x86 for 32-bit systems or x86_64 for 64-bit systems.
- Start the IDE by running the eclipse executable in the eclipse directory.

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